George Jaques
Actor/Director/Writer/Producer & Founder of Athenaeum Productions
Screen International Star of Tomorrow George Jaques is a 25-year-old director, actor, writer and producer from South London. At 16, he founded his production company, Athenaeum Productions. George’s debut feature film ‘Black Dog’ World Premiered at the BFI London Film Festival and was nominated for the ‘Best First Feature’ award. It was executive produced by Oscar Winning David Parfitt (‘The Father’) and was also showcased as part of the Great8 competition at Cannes Film Festival. ‘Black Dog’ released onto Apple/Amazon with a limited number of theatrical screenings. It won two awards at Riviera International Film Festival (Best Film and Best Actor) as well as being featured in Vogue.
Prior to this, George directed and wrote a number of short films which caught the attention of Sony, Sky and Warner Brothers as well as several sell-out theatre shows including his writing performed at The National. In 2022, George was also the winner of the Breakthrough Filmmaker Award at the inaugural Soho House Awards.
As an actor, George starred opposite Jude Law in HBO/Marc Munden’s 12 Hour Epic ‘The Third Day: Autumn’, played Francis II in Justin Haythe/Lionsgate’s series ‘The Serpent Queen’ opposite Samantha Morton, and a lead in Sky/Nick Love’s gangster show ‘A Town Called Malice’. More recently he Executive Produced and played the lead in Emmy Nominated director Huse Monfaradi’s film ‘One Punch’.
George just wrapped his sophomore feature film ('Sunny Dancer') as a director, writer and producer. It stars Emmy nominee Bella Ramsey ('The Last Of Us'), Ruby Stokes ('Rocks'), Earl Cave (‘The Sweet East’), BAFTA nominee James Norton (‘Happy Valley’), Golden Globe winner Jessica Gunning (‘Baby Reindeer’) and five-time Emmy winner Neil Patrick Harris (‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’). He has also just directed a commercial starring Dermot Crowley (‘Luther’) and Sarah Greene (‘Bad Sisters’) for BAFTA winning agency Don’t Panic.
“Jaques is considered a quadruple threat as a writer, producer, director and actor” - Variety
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